of America's foremost boxers have been persons whom one
would not care to know socially, yet much fun and pleasure can be had
out of the "manly art" if practised in a gentlemanly manner.

"Boxing parties" are generally held in the evening. The ballroom of
one's home can be pleasantly decorated for the occasion, with a square
ring roped off in the centre surrounded by seats for the ladies and
gentlemen who come as invited guests. Evening dress is usually worn.

The contests should be between various members of one's social "set"
who are fond of the sport and can be counted on to remember at all times
that they are gentlemen.

The matches should be arranged in tournament form, so that the winner of
one bout meets the winner of the next bout, et cetera, until all but
two have been eliminated. The boxer who wins this final contest shall be
proclaimed the "champion."

Great fun can then be had by announcing that the "champion" will be
permitted to box three rounds with a "masked marvel." The identity
of this "unknown" (who is usually Jack Dempsey or some other noted
professional pugilist) should be kept carefully secret, so that all the
guests are in a glow of mystified excitement when the contest begins,
and you can imagine their delight and happy enthusiasm when the "masked
marvel" cleverly knocks the "champion" for a double loop through the
ropes into the lap of some tittering "dowager."

Refreshments should then be served and the "champion" can be carried
home in a car or ambulance provided by the thoughtful host.

BRIDGE WHIST

"Bridge whist," or "Bridge," as it is often called by the younger
generation, is rapidly replacing whist as the favorite card game of good
society, and "bridge" parties are much en vogue for both afternoon and
evening entertainments. In order to become an expert "bridge" player
one must, of course, spend many months and even years in a study of the
game, but any gentleman or lady of average intelligence can, I believe,
pick up the fundamentals of "bridge" in a short while.

Let us suppose, for example, that you, as a "young man about town," are
invited to play "bridge" on the evening of Friday, November seventeenth,
at the home of Mrs. Franklin Gregory. Now, although you may have played
the game only once or twice in your life, it would never do to admit the
fact, for in good society one is supposed to play "bridge" just as one
is supposed to hate newspaper publicity, and on the evenin